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AMD One-Ups Intel With Cheap Desktop Chips
CWmike writes "Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday announced inexpensive desktop microprocessors with up to six cores to put pricing pressure on rival Intel. AMD's new chips include the fastest AMD Phenom II X6 1075T six-core processor, which is priced 'under $250' for 1,000 units, AMD said. AMD also introduced a range of dual-core and quad-core Athlon II and Phenom II desktop microprocessors priced between $76 and $185. By comparison, Intel's cheapest six-core processor is the Core i7-970 processor, which is priced at $885 per 1,000 units, according to a price list on Intel's website."
You could buy one of these cheaper procs... ...but then you're still stuck using an AMD chip.
They're garbage from my experience. Open, cheap, and absolutely shitty fabrication.
If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits
how does a 65W TDP part use more power than a 115W TDP part? I know those are absolute top end power values, but this still makes no sense.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, though I'm not yet sure about the universe. - A Einstein
And neither Intel nor AMD compete with the high end chips offered by IBM.
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